Labor Day events and traffic loom in 1964 Oshkosh area
Labor Day 1964 plans center on family outings and easing traffic. Governor Reynolds and AFL CIO official Gregory Wallig will speak at the Winnebago County Labor Council celebration in South Park, Oshkosh, with a Civic Band concert and games. Sheriff Lowell orders 20 to 25 highway officers for peak weekend traffic and outlines detours around the Butte des Morts Bridge congestion, warning of heavy southbound flow Monday.
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Winnebagoland
Winnebago County
Richard T. Lowell
Lowell
Oshkosh Ledger Announces Labor Day Edition Skip
No issue will be published on Monday Labor Day as staff take a day off readers will find a full roundup of the holiday weekend news in Tuesday's edition.
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Northwestern
Holiday Fatalities Rise Slowly
Associated Press reports Labor Day weekend sees 89 highway deaths in the first day as safety groups warn that the initial 24 hours are the most dangerous. Projections estimate 490 to 580 more fatalities from Friday evening to Monday night while 83 million vehicles may travel about 8.6 billion miles.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Two Whites Acquitted In Negro Slaying
In Danielsville Georgia two white men were acquitted in the night rider killing of Lemuel Penn a Washington DC Negro educator. Sims and Myers still face federal conspiracy charges under the civil rights law. The men identified as Ku Klux Klansmen had faced a local verdict after a three hour deliberation. They remain jailed on bond while awaiting federal indictment and potential penalties up to ten years plus fines.
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Danielsville
Washington, D.C
Lemuel Penn
Joseph Howard Sims
Cecil William Myers
Superior Court
Cary Skelto
Sims
Myers
FBI
Penn
Washington
Ft. Benning
Madison County
Clete Johnson
Nuclear test conducted at Nevada site
The Atomic Energy Commission report a low-yield underground explosion at the Nevada test site on Friday. The blast yielded up to 20 000 tons of TNT and marked the 15th weapons related test announced this year.
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Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada
Miller Opens Bid for VP With Attack on Humphrey
Rep William E Miller formally opened his bid for vice president charging Hubert Humphrey has a radical Senate record. He blasted Humprey and ADA linking them to radical aims and foreign socialistic totalitarianism. Miller noted Barry Goldwater would campaign with him in western New York and quoted Johnson calling Humphrey the best man. He claimed Humphrey voted with ADA 191 times and bolted only three.
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Lockport
N.Y
William E. Miller
Hubert H. Humphrey
Congress
Miller
Humphrey
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Barry Goldwater
New York City
Goldwater
Phoenix
Ariz
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
China
United Nations
Panama Canal
East Germany
Cuba
Organization of American States
Fidel
Castro
Alliance For Progress
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Humphrey Opens Minnesota Campaign Visit at U of M
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey returns to his former city to launch his bid for vice presidency speaking at the University of Minnesota where he studied, with Gov. Rolvaag declaring Hubert Humphrey Day. He travels via airport arrival and motorcade to a news conference before events in Minneapolis.
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Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
University of Minnesota
Miter
Washington
Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Humphrey
St. Pan
Karl Rolvaag
Hubert Humphrey
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Ben Casey aids hospital in bed request
Ben Casey staff helped Memorial Hospital at Culver City locate a special bed for a patient with a broken back. Bing Crosby Productions owns the only such bed in the Los Angeles area and supplied it for the hospital’s Friday night need.
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Hollywood
UPI
Ben Casey
Memorial Hospital
Culver City
Bing Crosby Productions
Los Angeles
Crosby Productions
Pro Western Leftist Is New Chile President
Eduardo Frei, a moderate leftist reformer, won Chile’s presidential election in a landslide over Communist-backed Salvador Allende. Frei, 53, a Christian Democrat, promised reforms while Allende had pledged nationalization of U S property and closer ties with Cuba. He told cheering supporters he received a mandate with humility and called for revolution.
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Santiago
Chile
APY
Eduardo Frei
Frei
Salvador Allende
U.S
Cuba
Clash at Liberal conference ends with Lomas ejected
Alan Lomas, member of Britain's Liberal party new liberal splinter group, was carried out by five party stewards during Friday's conference action. He was removed from the venue after a clash of personalities, then dumped on the sidewalk outside.
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London 'Upi
Alan Lomas
New Liberal
Britain
Liberal Party
Lomas
Typhoon Ruby Slams Hong Kong Killing 12 and Wrecking City
Typhoon Ruby struck Hong Kong causing at least 12 deaths and 170 injuries. Ships broke from moorings, floods swamped low areas, and transport including cross harbor ferries was paralyzed. The Olympic torch was swept through the city hall area as flights were diverted and stock markets closed.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Hong Wong
China Coast
Cross Harbor
Kowloon
New Territories
China
Greece
Tokyo
Nai Tak
Observatory Is Placed in Orbit
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP OGO 1 swept away from Earth on a near ideal path as scientists investigated why two key experiments and the main radio antenna failed. The 1073-pound satellite moves in an oval orbit from 177 to 93313 miles, a 63 hour circle. None of its 20 experiments were activated as officials kept OGO in a hold while telemetry data was analyzed. The mission aims to study hazards to human spaceflight and solar flare activity for future Moon missions.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
OGO
Earth
Space Agency
Rosmian
N.C
Orbital Spacecraft Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Pelican Alaska Pedestrians Feel Safer After Crash
Pelican, Alaska residents report safer walking since a Monday night accident on the village main street. Joe York, 65, on a motorbike collided with Billy Worrell’s truck, leaving York with minor injuries and the bike a total loss.
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Pelican
Alaska
Joe York
Billy Worrell
Leaders Plan Legal Action To End Bias
Meridian Mississippi AP report says leaders plan federal legal action to desegregate white grade schools after officials rejected Negro enrollment attempts. A Council of Federated Organizations spokesman said a suit would be filed for about two dozen Negro children led by Ben Chaney.
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Meridian
Miss
Council of Federated Organizations
Ben Chaney
James Chaney
Clarksdale
Canton
Madison County
Marks
Quitman
Nine Killed In Singapore Race Rioting
In Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and Indonesia edge toward clash as nine die in Singapore race rioting. Malaysia declares national security area and enables curfews and police sweeps. Indonesia and Suharto await a major announcement. UN Security Council to consider aggression charges.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Sukarnon
Antara
U.N. Security Council
New York
Federation
Elert
Malacca Straits
Khanh Calls For Calm Amid Viet Nam Crisis
Premier Nguyen Khanh visited Buddhist and Catholic graves in Saigon to bolster a caretaker government to be dissolved in two months while civil rule is sought. In Saigon area violence eased but a bomb wounded five Americans at a movie theater in Ren Tre, killing one Vietnamese. A U S Army helicopter crewman died in combat southeast of Saigon, the 191st American killed since 1961. Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor plans a Washington visit after brief talks. In Nevada, a nuclear device exploded at the Atomic Energy Commission underground test site, the fourth such test this year.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Ren Tre
Khanh
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Sargo
Washington
Johnson
Taylor
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
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